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In New York, you are forced into having very public lives and observing all types of people, what they sound like, what they're reading, what they smell like, what they are listening to, how they talk to their friends.
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Nick Kroll
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: June 5
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I guess there should be somewhere on the Internet that feels like a source of sacred truth. But Wikipedia sure isn't it.
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I gave the graduation speech at my high school. Not because I was valedictorian but because the grade voted for me to do it. And I gave a slightly contentious speech. I was a little critical of the administration. But for a long time it said on Wikipedia that I took my balls out and exposed myself to the crowd.
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